2006 in Denmark

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2006
in
Denmark
Decades:
See also: Other events of 2006
List of years in Denmark

The following lists events hat happened during 2006 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

  • February 4 - The Danish, and as a consequence of sharing the same building, the Chilean and Swedish embassies in Damascus, are firebombed by protestors denouncing the publication of what they consider sacrilegious cartoons depicting Muhammad. The Norwegian embassy is also burned.[3]
  • February 5 - The Danish embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, is set on fire by protesters because of the continued controversy over the cartoons depicting Muhammad, and rumors of Qur'an burnings in Denmark.[4]
  • February 7 - Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    • An Iranian newspaper, Hamshahri, has announced a competition for the best cartoon of the Holocaust "as a test of the boundaries of free speech".[5]
    • As the Danish embassy in Tehran is attacked by hundreds of protesters, five people are killed in Afghanistan as protests against European Muhammed cartoons sweep across the country.[6]
  • February 18 - Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
    • Italian reform minister Roberto Calderoli resigns after criticism for wearing a T-shirt depicting the cartoons. The incident triggered yesterday's rioting outside the Italian consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in which at least 10 people died.[7]
    • Sixteen people are killed in northern Nigeria as demonstrators protest the cartoons by storming and burning Christian churches and businesses.[8]

March

September

  • September 23 - Remains of Dagmar of Denmark, the mother of the last Tsar of Russia, are transported from the Roskilde Cathedral to Saint Petersburg in order to be reburied in the Peter and Paul Cathedral on 28 September.[10]

November

December

The arts

Architecture

Film

Literature

Music

Sport

Football

Handball

Other

Births

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Deaths

References

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